Vitol

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:businessModel Private
gptkbp:CEO Russell Hardy
gptkbp:country gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:founded 1966
gptkbp:founder Henk Viëtor
Jacques Detiger
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Geneva
gptkb:Rotterdam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vitol
gptkbp:industry Energy
Commodities trading
gptkbp:notableClient Utilities
Industrial consumers
Major oil companies
National Oil Companies
gptkbp:notableEvent Acquired VTTI (storage terminals)
Acquired Vivo Energy (2022)
Invested in renewables and carbon markets
Involved in oil-for-food scandal (2007)
Largest independent energy trader in the world
Major player in global oil trading
Paid fine for Iraq oil-for-food violations
Acquired Shell's Australian downstream business (2014)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~1600
gptkbp:operatesIn Global
gptkbp:ownedBy Employee-owned
gptkbp:product Power
Coal
Crude oil
Natural gas
Renewables
Carbon credits
gptkbp:revenue $505 billion (2022)
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:VTTI
gptkb:Viva_Energy
Vivo Energy
gptkbp:tradedOn Metals
Power
Chemicals
Coal
Renewable energy
Oil
LNG
Emissions
Biofuels
gptkbp:website https://www.vitol.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_World_for_Sale
gptkb:Commodity_Traders
gptkb:Cheniere_Energy
gptkb:William_Stamps_Farish_XL
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7